From Quetta to Kandahar – Part II – Pierre & Alexandra Boulat

Alexandra Boulat

From Quetta to Kandahar - Part II
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A collection of gun bullets and a paper tulip decorating an office in Quetta
In Afghanistan
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The road to Kandahar from Chaman, Pakistan border
In Afghanistan - Refugees are coming back home
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An Afgan refugee family crosses a river back to their home in Northern Afghanistan as the Northern Alliance reclaimed the area that had been under Taliban control since 1996.
In Afghanistan - Refugees are coming back home
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An Afgan refugee family crosses a river back to their home in Northern Afghanistan as the Northern Alliance reclaimed the area that had been under Taliban control since 1996.
In Afghanistan
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An old Afghan women walks in Talokan's street, Northern Afghanistan.
Northern Alliance fighters on the Kunduz front line, one of the last Taliban held pocket in Northern Afghanistan.
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Northern Alliance fighters on the Kunduz front line, one of the last Taliban held pocket in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighters on the Kunduz front line, one of the last Taliban held pocket in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighters on the Kunduz front line, one of the last Taliban held pocket in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighters watch the battle going on against the Taliban on Kunduz front line.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Cars of Taliban commanders drive out of Kunduz surrendering to the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban comamnders from Kunduz have surrender to the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban comamnders from Kunduz have surrender to the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban Commanders from Kunduz have surrender to the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Under the eyes of Northern Alliance soldiers, an Afghan women flees the fighting between Taliban and Northern Alliance in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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An Afghan women flees the fighting between Taliban and Northern Alliance in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Afghan woman walks across the front line as she flees Kunduz, still under Taliban control, to seek refuge by the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Afghan women and children cross the front line as they flee Kunduz, still under Taliban control, to seek refuge by the Northern Alliance.
In Afhganistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Afghan women holding a child under her burka crosses the front line as they flee Kunduz, still under Taliban control, to seek refuge by the Northern Alliance.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Afghan family walk across the front line as they flee Kunduz, still under Taliban control, to seek refuge by the Northern Alliance.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Afghan family walk across the front line as they flee Kunduz, still under Taliban control, to seek refuge by the Northern Alliance.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Part of a group of 200 Taliban defectors, a man rides on a tank to the Northern Alliance side out of Kunduz, the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan. Few days later, the Northern Alliance took control of Kunduz.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban tank crossed Kunduz frontline defecting to the Northern Alliance with 200 other Talibans. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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A Taliban defector talks with a Northern Alliance fighter part of the 200 Talibans from Kunduz who defected to the Northern Alliance side. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Some of the 200 Talibans from Kunduz who defected to the Northern Alliance side. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Part of a group of 200 Taliban defectors, a Taliban rides on a tank to the Northern Alliance side out of Kunduz. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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A Taliban hugs a Northern Alliance fighter after he defected. 200 Talibans from Kunduz defected to the Northern Alliance side. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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200 Talibans from Kunduz defected to the Northern Alliance side. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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200 Talibans defected to the Northern Alliance side in Amirabad front line, near Kunduz. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban defectors drive through the Kunduz frontline in cars camouflage with mud. 200 Talibans defected to the Northern Alliance side. Kunduz province is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Kunduz Taliban defectors and Northern Alliance soldiers. Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban defectors, most of them non-Afghan, reach Qurhragh near Kunduz, on the Northern Alliance side, to be processed by the Northern Alliance soldiers.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban and Al Quaida defectors, most of them non-Afghan, reach Qurhragh near Kunduz, to be processed by the Northern Alliance soldiers.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighter keeps an eye on defecting Talibans whom are hiding under blankets as they arrived on the Northern Alliance side on Kunduz front line. At this time of the day, Kunduz is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan. Latter in the evening, the Northern Alliance entered Kunduz and defeated the Talibans.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban defectors, most of them non-Afghans, are crossing the Kunduz frontline towards the Northern Alliance positions. At this time of the day, Kunduz is the last Taliban held territory in Northern Afghanistan. Latter in the evening, the Northern Alliance entered Kunduz and defeated the Talibans.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighters walk towards Kunduz as the Taliban are being defeated.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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A civilian stands alone on Kunduz front line as the Taliban are being defeated.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance commander leads his unit towards Taliban lines on the Kunduz frontline.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance soldiers gather in the back position of Kunduz front line. Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighters prepare to enter Kunduz, as at this time of the day, Kunduz still in the hands of the Talibans.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance fighter looking towards Kunduz.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban made prisoner by the Northern Alliance in Kunduz after the town was capture by the Northern Alliance army, defeating the former ruling Taliban, Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Taliban made prisoner by the Northern Alliance in Kunduz after the town was capture by the Northern Alliance army, defeating the former ruling Taliban, Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Kunduz inhabitant gather on Kunduz main square watching the Northern Alliance taking control of the town after the taliban defeated, stressed after 2 months of American bombing.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance soldiers discover an ammunition dump during the capture of Kunduz.
In Afghanistan - The battle for Kunduz
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Northern Alliance soldiers take over a Taliban munitions depot in a Kunduz wear house, Northern Afghanistan. The Taliban abandoned the town on November 25th., stressed after 2 months of American bombing campaign in retaliation following September 11th.2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
In Afghanistan - Kunduz
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ID pictures of prisoners under Taliban rules inside Kunduz Jail. Northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Kunduz
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Taliban graffiti on a former taliban police station wall in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Kunduz
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An Afghan map painted on Kunduz wall main square, Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai
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Hamid Karzai, center, head of the Afghanistan interim executive, gather with his supporters inside Mullah Omar former residence in Kandahar,
In Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai
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Hamid Karzai, center, head of the Afghanistan interim executive, gather with his supporters inside Mullah Omar former residence in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Gul Agha fighters are praying on the road linking Chaman to Kandahar, by a bridge hit by American bombers near Takateh Pol. Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Gul Agha supporters seat in Governor's House, down town Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Gul Agha body guards stand in the Governor's House, down town Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Pdt. Karzai soldiers at Mullah Omar former residence in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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Mullah Omar's former residence occupied by Hamid Karzai's loyalists.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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US soldiers in Kandahar Mullah Omar's former residence with Hamid Karzai's loyalists.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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US soldiers in Kandahar Mullah Omar's former residence with Hamid Karzai's loyalists.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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An Afghan at Mullah Omar former residence, destroyed by US bombing, in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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Mullah Omar compound, in rubble, destroyed by US bombing, in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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An Afghan seats at Mullah Omar's former residence, destroyed by US bombing, in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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The blackened frame of a door leading to a child room shows evidence of US ground intervention at Mullah Omar's former residence, in rubble, also destroyed by US bombing, in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Mullah Omar's house
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An Afghan at Mullah Omar former residence, destroyed by US bombing, in Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Tornak farms, Al Quaida's training camp outside the Afghan city of Kandahar, inspected by British special forces.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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An Afghan, employed as interpreter for the French TV channel France 2, stepped on a mine in Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing. The mine was located under an anti-chemical suite, and exploded when he tried to wear it. As they carries the wounded away, one of Gul Agha's soldiers guards in the camp, wears a base ball cap he found in the camp that used to belong to one of the Al Qaida's fighters.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Evidences of all sorts, like those jerry cans of Chemicals, scatter the rubbles Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Documents of all sorts scattered in the rubbles Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Evidences of all sorts scattered in the rubbles Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing. Afghanistan. Anti Taliban soldiers are keeping the camp and assist American and British special forces through the camp.
In Afghanistan - Tornak Farm
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Evidences of all sorts scattered in the rubbles Tornak Farm, an Al Qaida training camp near Kandahar, destroyed by US bombing. Afghanistan. Anti Taliban soldiers are keeping the camp and assist American and British special forces through the camp.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar airport
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British special forces check a mosque compound in the area of Kandahar airport. Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Haji Gul Agha Scherzai loyalist patrols Kandahar streets. Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Haji Gul Agha Scherzai loyalist patrols Kandahar streets.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Haji Gul Agha Scherzai loyalists patrols Kandahar streets.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Kandahar ruined after 25 years of war.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Kandahar ruined after 25 years of war.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Jail of Kandahar police station.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Jail of Kandahar police station.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Kandahar jail, hand written book by prisoner held under Taliban rule.
In Afghanistan - Kandahar
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Kandahar bazar
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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US special forces ride in the back of an Afghan pickup truck in the area of Kandahar airport.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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Kandahar airport gate.
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US Marines at Kandahar airport, Afghanistan.
US Marine walk on Kandahar airport tarmac.
US Marines deployed at Kandahar airport, Afghanistan.
US Marines at Kandahar airport, Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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US Marines at Kandahar Airport.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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Kandahar airport.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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US Marines at Kandahar Airport.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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US Marines at Kandahar Airport gate meet Afghan guards loyalists to Haji Gul Agha Scherzai , governor of Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - US Marines in Kandahar
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US Army Marines and special forces going shopping for drinks in Kandahar, few days after the taliban retreat.
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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An opium dealer opens a 5 kilo bag of opium at his home in Kandahar. Opium in Kandahar sells US$ 500, and seven kilos are needed to process one kilo of Heroin. In Europe, one kilo of Heroine sells around US$ 100 000.
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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Young Afghan boys enjoy a fun fair wheel during Eid El Fitr, celebration of the end of the holy month Ramadan in a fun fair down town Kandahar,
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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Afghan girls dressed and make up for the Eid El Fitr celebrating the end of the holy month Ramadan in a fun fair down town Kandahar,
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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Photo shops just reopened after being closed for eight years during Taliban rules, Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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Car radio shops just reopened after being closed for eight years during Taliban rules, Kandahar.
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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Kandahar under the rain.
In Afghanistan - Life in free Kandahar
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An anti-drug slogan on Kandahar airport road.

From Quetta to Kandahar – Part II

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Alexandra finally manages to enter Afghanistan in mid-November. The American and Allied forces, supported by the Northern Alliance, have already seized Mazar-el-Sharif and Kabul.
Alexandra follows the Northern Alliance to the siege of Kunduz and witnesses the surrender of 200 Taliban fighters. In the meantime, the battle of Kandahar has begun and on 10 December, Alexandra is in the city that the Taliban have handed over to the men of Hamid Karzai, the future president of Afghanistan.